Learning to read for long-term growth

September 10, 2016

This year Esta is learning to read. It’s pretty exciting to see the world of literacy open for her. It’s exciting but also requires her to work hard as she learns what the 26 letters look like and what sound (or sounds) each of those letters make or blend together to make. We’re still in […]

New Faces New View

September 10, 2016

Written by Rebekah: As missionary kids, it is always fun to have relatives or friends come over to the Philippines for a visit. Just last month, my Grandma Sue and Aunt Marcia came over for a two-week visit. This wasn’t my grandmother’s first visit but it was my aunt’s first visit. Aunt Marcia saw everything […]

Literacy Workshop

September 9, 2016

We try to have a gathering of the whole field of West Africa every 3 years. However on the “off” years, we try to host a training that would be beneficial to our teams. This year the training was on literacy. We had two teams ready to put together their literacy materials and another team […]

Understanding

September 9, 2016

Imagine sitting and listening to someone tell you the best story you’ve ever heard. Everything is awesome, other than the fact that you can’t understand a number of key words. The story is interesting. The story teller is adamant that this story will change your life. However, you just are not sure how it comes together. You […]

Forgiveness

September 8, 2016

Have you ever considered what life would be like without a word for forgiveness? How would you teach about the concept of reconciliation and forgiveness if there was no word to describe it? This was a challenge for missionaries in Brazil for years. They strenuously tried to find a word in the tribal language comparable […]

Saying Thank You

September 8, 2016

Before we get to our Literacy workshop, I wanted to share about an event that took place while my parents were here. We decided to host a party at our mission to thank our host families. It was the first time that we had done an event of the like that was solely for that […]

four more…

September 8, 2016

4 more weeks & 4 more languages! Greetings from the Philippines. We are more than half done with our around-the-world trip and praising God for His faithfulness every step of the way. We spent a month in Senegal where we held a literacy workshop for the field and then worked with 3 languages, writing literacy […]

New Home, New Eyes

September 8, 2016

Yesterday marked exactly one month since we arrived in Asia Pacific. In that time, our vision has expanded significantly. During the first few days, we could only grasp information about three feet in front of us. We noticed things like shiny tile floors, dirty gutters, and flags decorating every street (we arrived around Independence Day). […]

Joys & Sorrows

September 7, 2016

“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven…. A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.” Eccl. 3:1 & 4 Thank you so much for your prayers for us and all the extra family activities that […]

You know you live in Africa when . . .

September 6, 2016

I receive breaking news e-mails from CNN and BBC. I also receive breaking news text messages from a Burkinabe news source. You know you live in Africa when this was the breaking news text message you received yesterday (direct translation from the French): “News: The research team of the police of the city of Fada […]